Sad-iron



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

W. R. SANFORD.

SAD IRON.

Patented Mar. 8, 1892;.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets- Sheet 2.

W. R. SANFORD. SAD IRON.

No. 470,367. Patentedlar. 8, 1892.

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l UNTTED STATES 'PATENT FFICE@ SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent N0. 470,367, dated March 8, 1892.

Application filed September 19, 1839. `Serial No. 324,423. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. SANFORD, of North Adams, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of sad-irons in which the handle parts are made to contain oil, naphtha, or other burning-duid, and in which the body part or sad-iron proper is made with an interiorlyplaced combustion-chamber having two oppositely and exteriorlyplaced ironing-faces with the body part journaled to the handlearms, so that it may be turned to reverse the position of the ironing-surfaces.

Accompanying this specification to form a part of it there are two plates of drawings containing ive figures illustrating my invention, with the samedesignation of parts by letter reference used in all of them.

Of the illustrations, Figure l is a side elevation of a sad-iron containing my invention and improvement. Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of the same device. Fig. 3 is a front end elevation; Fig. 4, a section taken on the line m 0c of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 002 m2 of Fig. l.

The several parts of the mechanism thus illustrated are designated by letter reference, and the function of the parts is described as follows:

The leiter B designates the body of the sadiron,which is made with an interiorly-arran ged combustion-chamber O, that is provided with ingress and egress passages o o2 at the side thereof, and two reversible ironing-faces I I, one of the latter being upon each of its opposite sides.

The letter II designates the handle which is made with the downwardly-projected arms A A2, to the lower ends of which the body of the iron is pivoted, so that the body B may be turned so as to bring either of its opposite ironing-faces into use.

The letter .I designates a short journal that is formed on and projected laterally from the toe end of the iron-body, and b a bearing formed in the lower end of the handle-arm A', the latter and said j ournalbeing so constructed that after the other arni of the handle has been connected to the heel of the iron, as will hereinafter be described, said handle-arm A may be sprung onto the said journal J.

`The letter P designates a pipe that is inwardly projected from the handle-arm A2 at right angles to the latter, and this pipe connects with the interior of the arm A2 to convey liquid fuel t-o the combustion-chamber of the iron proper. The pipe P where entering the heel end of the iron proper journals therein by means of a bearing formed in said heel end of the body or iron proper, and indicated at b2, by means of which j ournaled connection at the toe and heel ends the iron proper may be turned to reverse the faces thereof.

The handle I'I is made to have a hollow interior C2 for receiving and containing naphtha or other burning-liquid, and the letter N designates a feed-valve through which when open the naphtha is supplied to the chamber O2 of the handle, which valve when closed is gastight.- The arm A2 has an interior chamber vD, which connects interiorly with the chamber O2 of the handle and with the pipe P.' This pipe I? has an interiorly-arranged chamber m Within the body B, said chamber having a closed outer end e, and the letters d el designate passages or openings from said chamber m, wherefrom the liquid fuel is burned.

The letter V designates a needle valve made to control the passage of the naphtha from the interior of the arm A2 to the pipechamber m, wherefrom it is burned. This needle-valve is made with a stem S, having a finger-wheel W for operating it. This valve is provided with a gland or packing g and a cap K, which latter is threaded into the lower end of the arm A2.

The letter p8 designates a passage from the chamber m in the pipe P to the chamber D, made in the arm A2, which passage-way is threaded at t to receive the threaded end of the stem-rod S of the valve. Vhen the latter is screwed outwardly, naphtha passes from the chamber D to the. -chamber m, and when this stem is screwed in the passage of the naphtha is stopped.

The letter M designates a shield that at p4 is pivoted to the front arm A', and L a leverarm arranged on the said shield, by which the latter can be raised up to permit the reversal of the iron body, and the function of this shieldplate is to protectthe hand of the operator IOO tion, as is shown at Figs. l and 4t. Vhentheg shield-plate is thus arranged to be operated by a lever and to be raised by the latter when turning theiron, it ca-n vwhen downAbe-placed much nearer'to the surface of lthe iron proper act to retain i the heat' Withirithe at a point su flicien tly above theiron to' allow the latter f aforesaid partsandthe comb n af.- on T heoperat'ion of thed'evice tlis'constructed and' farr'an ged isv as-follows: Naphtl'la 'havi'rig been 'supplied'toll vthe handle-'chamber C2 l and better latter than when located rigidly when being reversed to pass under it."

and theconnected arm-chamber'D th'eineedlevalve =Vf is` opened and theV 'nap'h tha passing into the chamber m i'svap'orized'ftoburn from out the passages d or'by means of Wicks placed therein,l Iai'rfente-ring through the openings'o or'o2,` either of which maybe -yatthe-.bottoni t'o support combustion; the ygases evolved from thel llame'passingoutthrough either of which openings that may be uppermostf vThe'leat evolved. from the burning naphtha acts upon that one of fthe xbody-surfacesIl"which: is u'pl permost, an d-'When this is heated` sufici'entl y then the. body part of 'the ironisreyersed on its journals,I :so as to brin g'theheated su'face'l upon the underside ot the iron in a position 'for use. Whenthis has iron is being th-us usedg-'the' otherv surface I that i' beenfdoneand whileithe v too rapid' passage of 'the heat `from that face of the iron being heated.

I am aware that a sad-iron having a naphl tha-containing chamber that is connected with a burner by means of a pipe having a valve thereon and with said "burner'arranged between the two reversible faces of the iron proper i`s,'broadly`c`onsidered, an old construction, and that my invention relates to an improvement in the nfna'une'rfof constructing the ther@ ent, is-` Inf'a self-heating sad-iron, the combination,

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' Signed at Troy; New York, this 11th day of July', 1889,1and in the presence o f the twowitness'es' 'whose naines lare hereto writteri.x

rWILLIAiyI R.sANFonD. Witnesses: "a

W. E. HAGAN, CHARLEsS' BnIN'rNAnn 

